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Facebook is tinkering with the new speed formula again I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update facebook is updating the new speed to make sure you don't miss what your friends post even if the status updates are old Facebook engineers call it story bumping so if you're scrolling through your feed but you don't get all the way to the bottom Facebook can tell and the updates and stories you missed will be bumped up to the top the next time you log in sitting there along with fresh new posts facebook found that with these changes people spent more time on the site there were more comments and shares and this new formula increased stories read from fifty-seven percent to seventy percent of course more time on Facebook means the more money they can get from advertisers for your eyeballs story bumping launched on the web and we'll be rolling out soon to mobile devices and if you bought an iphone ipod or ipad charger that is not made by apple you can trade it in for an authentic apple one for ten dollars at an apple store or authorized service provider normally apples charges go for twenty bucks Apple is launching this trade-in program to replace non-apple chargers because of electrocutions reportedly linked to counterfeit power adapters so if you bought a cheap charger from some shady online site might be a good idea to replace it General Motors is the latest car maker to drop the price of its electric plug-in vehicle to improve sales the Chevy Volt sticker price dropped by five thousand dollars so the cheapest model of the Volt now starts at 35 grand and after federal tax incentives the price ends up being around 28 grand Nissan Honda and Ford have recently also offered big discounts on their electric cars another clue has cropped up about Samsung's plans for a SmartWatch the company filed the trademark for Samsung Galaxy gear and the description says it's for wearable digital electronic devices in the form of a wristwatch wrist band or bangle that's capable of providing access to the internet and sending and receiving calls emails and messages the renderings show that it could offer touch controls and maybe a curved screen and as everything goes mobile so does job hunting LinkedIn's new applets members submit job applications from their smartphones without attaching a formal resume the update on iOS and Android features a new apply button and members are guided through a short process to review their profile before submitting quick is nice when your job hunting but you may still stand a better shot at that job by taking the time to attach a real resume from a desktop computer that's your tech news update and you can read up on more details at cnet com / update and follow along on Twitter from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey